Monday, November 18, 2013

No longer a teenager

Hey guys! How is back home? Thanks for all the letters,
emails, birthday wishes, and everything else. This week has been
pretty sweet, crazy, and hectic. It was weird to get another new
companion and kind of sad to say goodbye to Elder Adams but I got my new
companion Elder Holt this last Wednesday and so now in the office and
my companion knows nothing about it so I have kind of been in charge and
that can make it very very stressful but it is good. I love my area
and it makes me happy to be able to go out and teach. Last Saturday we
went out and proselyted until about 1:00
when we came back for lunch. I have to say that Elder McKeon and Elder
Cavaness are way sweet and awesome. When we got back to the apartment
they hung a little banner and had balloons that said 'Happy freaking
birthday bro/elder Walston'... way sweet and nice of them. Then we
fried some chicken and enjoyed that way. That definitely helped my day
but just being able to go out and have one of the more productive days
of this week made it pretty good and pretty awesome. Yesterday was also
the primary progam at church and that was way cute and awesome... cool
to hear these little Ghanaian kids sing... oh and Africans sing loud and
proud.... they never really have anyone playing music but you can sure
hear them sing.. it is pretty powerful. I have definitely felt the
spirit with me this last week. It is amazing to see how mission has
strengthened me so far and helped me become a better person. I just
love the people here... they are so nice, charitable, friendly, and they
love to talk about religion and God.

So my little spiritual thought today is something that I have
always loved from Preach My Gospel..... it is a quote from Ezra Taft
Benson I believe and it talks about how the key to missionary work is
work. You simply have to work and push forward. If you don't put in
the effort or really try to do your best and make the changes that you
have to in your life, God will not be there to help you in the times
that you need him most. Diligence is key to everything. We must stay
strong... forever strong. If we do not do this and if we don't want to
work hard every day, then you are taking away blessings from yourself
that you could have received... I signed up for this so I better do the
best job that I can! :)

So I love all you guys back home! I hope all is going well and that you are enjoying good old America. Love you and take care!